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RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN
05092000 RED RIVER OF THE NORTH AT DRAYTON, ND
LOCATION.--Lat 48°34'20", long 97°08'50", in SE1/4SE1/4SE1/4 sec.24, T.159 N., R.51 W., Pembina County, Hydrologic Unit
09020311, on downstream side of bridge on North Dakota State Highway 66, at the North Dakota-Minnesota border, 1.5 mi
northeast of Drayton, and at mile 206.7.
DRAINAGE AREA.--34,800 mi2, approximately, includes 3,800 mi2 in closed basins.
WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1936 to June 1937, April 1941 to current year (fragmentary prior to April 1949).
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1388: 1949-50. WSP 1728: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 755.00 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929
(Minnesota highway bench mark). Prior to Nov. 30, 1954, nonrecording gage at site 1.5 mi upstream at datum 1.59 ft higher.
REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of April 1897 reached a stage of about 41 ft at site and datum in use prior to
Nov. 30, 1954.
DISCHARGE, CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
1 6140 e3850 e3100 e2500 e1750 e2800 9000 5330 e3400 29200 4230 2430
2 6010 e3800 e3200 e2450 e1750 e3500 8020 5230 e3400 28900 4140 2360
3 5750 e3800 e3350 e2450 e1750 e5000 7260 5100 e3400 28500 4040 2420
4 5400 e3800 e3500 e2400 e1750 e7500 6750 5020 e3400 27900 3990 2680
5 5090 e3850 e3600 e2400 e1750 e8500 6450 4930 e3300 27100 3950 2880
6 4880 e3850 e3700 e2350 e1750 e9000 6420 4870 e3400 25800 3780 3200
7 4710 e3850 e3550 e2300 e1750 e9500 6440 4810 3420 23800 3560 3880
8 4570 e3850 e3400 e2250 e1750 e10000 6380 4740 3440 21900 3380 4350
9 4490 e3850 e3250 e2250 e1750 e10300 6310 e4600 3490 19900 3210 4360
10 4470 3900 e3150 e2250 e1750 e10500 6240 e4500 3530 18500 3050 4070
11 4450 3890 e3000 e2200 e1750 e10500 6120 e4400 3560 17900 2890 3710
12 4470 3870 e3000 e2200 e1750 e10300 5940 e4400 3620 17500 2840 3410
13 4480 3870 e3200 e2150 e1750 e10300 5700 e4500 4160 16900 2750 3120
14 4480 3860 e3300 e2150 e1750 e10300 5500 e4500 5040 15800 2680 2830
15 4480 3850 e3350 e2100 e1750 e10000 5400 e4500 6720 14200 2560 2630
16 4470 3830 e3350 e2100 e1750 e9700 5330 e4400 9050 12300 2490 2460
17 4470 3830 e3400 e2050 e1750 e9400 5270 e4400 10600 10400 2470 2340
18 4460 3820 e3400 e2000 e1700 e8700 5220 e4400 12300 8810 2490 2230
19 4450 3810 e3300 e2000 e1700 e8200 5250 e4300 13600 7800 2560 2190
20 4440 3800 e3250 e1950 e1700 e7600 5340 e4300 14700 7220 2710 2130
21 4430 3800 e3150 e1950 e1700 e7300 5360 e4200 16100 6580 3030 2170
22 4400 3790 e3050 e1950 e1700 e6900 5290 e4100 18100 6010 3320 2160
23 e4300 3790 e2950 e1950 e1750 e6600 5250 e4000 20900 5560 3290 2150
24 e4300 e3800 e2800 e1900 e1800 e6400 5230 e4000 23600 5250 3100 2140
25 e4250 e3850 e2700 e1900 e1900 6580 5250 e3900 25700 5060 2930 2150
26 e4150 e3900 e2600 e1900 e2000 6910 5350 e3800 27200 4920 2840 2240
27 e4050 e3900 e2600 e1850 e2200 8230 5440 e3700 28200 4750 2760 2480
28 e4000 e3400 e2600 e1850 e2400 9910 5510 e3700 28800 4600 2770 2730
29 e4000 e3150 e2600 e1850 e2600 10900 5500 e3600 29200 4460 2710 2860
30 e3950 e3050 e2600 e1800 --- 10900 5420 e3500 29300 4380 2640 2850
31 e3900 --- e2500 e1800 --- 10100 --- e3500 --- 4330 2530 ---
TOTAL 141890 113260 96500 65200 52900 262330 177940 135230 364630 436230 95690 83610
MEAN 4577 3775 3113 2103 1824 8462 5931 4362 12150 14070 3087 2787
MAX 6140 3900 3700 2500 2600 10900 9000 5330 29300 29200 4230 4360
MIN 3900 3050 2500 1800 1700 2800 5220 3500 3300 4330 2470 2130
AC-FT 281400 224700 191400 129300 104900 520300 352900 268200 723200 865300 189800 165800
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1949 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 1957 1675 1384 1154 1126 3412 15250 9454 5726 5250 2561 2078
MAX 5194 5653 4168 2255 2598 16290 54710 58890 23420 28240 21580 12140
(WY) 1995 1972 1999 1998 1998 1998 1997 1950 1962 1975 1993 1999
MIN 317 277 149 174 201 280 1275 938 676 348 243 329
(WY) 1991 1977 1977 1990 1977 1962 1981 1977 1977 1988 1977 1988
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2000 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1949 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL 3700230 2025410
ANNUAL MEAN 10140 5534 4274
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 11280 1997
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 536 1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 59100 Apr 9 29300 Jun 30 124000 Apr 24 1997
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 1700 Feb 2 1700 Feb 18 110 Dec 23 1989
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 1700 Feb 2 1710 Feb 16 118 Dec 28 1989
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 29300 Jun 30 124000 Apr 24 1997
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 33.68 Jul 3 45.55 Apr 24 1997
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 7.7 Oct 16 1936
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT) 7339000 4017000 3096000
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 25600 10300 9820
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4910 3850 1870
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1900 1950 486
e Estimated
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Water year 1972 to current year.
WATER-QUALITY DATA, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DIS- PH PH SPE-
CHARGE, WATER WATER CIFIC SPE- HARD- MAGNE-
INST. WHOLE WHOLE CON- CIFIC NESS CALCIUM SIUM,
CUBIC FIELD LAB DUCT- CON- TEMPER- TEMPER- TOTAL DIS- DIS-
FEET (STAND- (STAND- ANCE DUCT- ATURE ATURE (MG/L SOLVED SOLVED
DATE TIME PER ARD ARD LAB ANCE AIR WATER AS (MG/L (MG/L
SECOND UNITS) UNITS) (US/CM) (US/CM) (DEG C) (DEG C) CACO3) AS CA) AS MG)
(00061) (00400) (00403) (90095) (00095) (00020) (00010) (00900) (00915) (00925)
MAR
28... 1340 9880 -- 7.8 -- 783 12.0 5.5 350 74.0 40.0
MAY
09... 0925 4600 -- -- -- -- 14.0 17.0 -- -- --
SEP
06... 1145 3100 8.3 8.2 750 725 20.0 17.5 310 66.0 35.0
ANC SOLIDS,
POTAS- SODIUM UNFLTRD CHLO- FLUO- SOLIDS, RESIDUE
SIUM, AD- SODIUM, TIT 4.5 RIDE, RIDE, SULFATE DIS- AT 180
DIS- SORP- DIS- LAB DIS- DIS- DIS- SOLVED DEG. C
SOLVED TION SOLVED (MG/L SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED (TONS DIS-
DATE (MG/L RATIO SODIUM (MG/L AS (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L PER SOLVED
AS K) PERCENT AS NA) CACO3) AS CL) AS F) AS SO4) DAY) (MG/L)
(00935) (00931) (00932) (00930) (90410) (00940) (00950) (00945) (70302) (70300)
MAR
28... 7.0 .7 15 29.0 210 24.0 .2 160 13500 507
MAY
09... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
SEP
06... 8.3 1 22 41.0 244 26.0 .2 110 4050 484
SOLIDS,
SUM OF MANGA- MOLYB- SELE- STRON-
CONSTI- ARSENIC IRON, LEAD, LITHIUM NESE, MERCURY DENUM, NIUM, TIUM,
TUENTS, DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS-
DIS- SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED
DATE SOLVED (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L (UG/L
(MG/L) AS AS) AS FE) AS PB) AS LI) AS MN) AS HG) AS MO) AS SE) AS SR)
(70301) (01000) (01046) (01049) (01130) (01056) (71890) (01060) (01145) (01080)
MAR
28... 461 3.0 30 1 30.0 <10 .1 <1 <1.0 330
MAY
09... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
SEP
06... 433 6.0 90 <1 40.0 10 <.1 2 <1.0 320
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